Station-indicator.



G. H. DUBDE; STATION INDICATOR.

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Patented July 6, 1909.

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STATION INDICATOR.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 14,1908.

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STATION INDIGATOR.

APPLIGATION FILED JULY 14,1908.

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Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed July 14, 1908. Serial No. 443,551.

Patented July 6, 1909.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CARL H. DUEDE, a citizen of the United States, resident of Stuart, in the county of Guthrie and State of Iowa, have made a certain new and useful Invention in Station-Indicators; and I declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the invention, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to characters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the invention with cover removed and door open and parts in normal positions. Fig. 2 is a similar view with the positions of parts changed through operation of the cord to throw the.

first card down. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the invention as it appears wlth the door closed and cover in place. Fig. 4 is a front view of the invention with the door open. Fig. 5 is aplan view of the invention with the cover removed. Fig. .6 is a section of the invention on the line 66 Fig. 5. Fig. 7 is a detail view of one of the station cards having a metal edge bindingand the name of a station impressed in the material thereof. Fig. 8 is a section on the line 8-8, Fig. 7.

The invention has relation to station or street indicators for railway cars, and it consists in the novel construction and combinations of parts as hereinafter set forth.

In the accompanying drawings, illustrating the invention, the letter a, designates a box or incasement rovided with a removable cover I)", and a hinged front b, having a glass plate insertion c, and below or near such plate insertion the words Next station. Within this incasement is arranged an upper magazine chamber d, for the statlon cards, stacked one behind the other for successive use, and a lower chamber d, for the cards not in use or the cards corresponding to stations which have been passed, spaces e, 6, being left at each end of the upper and lower chambers between the same and the end walls of the box. The upper magazine chamber for the cards in use has at its forward end a'slot (1, leading to the lower chamber, and working above this slot in guides f, 11', at each side are twin bell crank levers wor ing in a vertical plane and having long arms g, g, extending toward each other and having bearing at their lower edges upon the upper edge of the forwardmost station card, representing the next station.

h, is a horizontally working intermediately fulerumed lever fulcrumed at the top of the upper chamber (1, at one side thereof, said lever having at its forward end pivotal link connection h, with the short arm 9 of one of the bell crank levers, a long pivotallink connection 'i, attached in rear of its fulcrum, with the short arm of the other lever, a-pull cord or chain connection 3', at its rear end running through the side of the box over a guide pulley at and hanging downward outside the box for operation at its handle end 3' by the motorman or other proper per son, this lever having also a spring at its rear end for retracting purposes.

In order that the station cards in the upper magazine chamber (1, may be pushed forward one after the other, a follower it, is arranged in such chamber in rear of the stack of cards, such follower having at each end a cord or chain connection 76, passing first for ward around guide pulley 76 then rearward around guide pulley Z, and then to one side J beneath the c amber d, and between the same and the chamber (1, having end connection with a coil spring Z located in the horizontal interval 2, between the upper and lower chambers and having end connection with the wall of the incasement.

In order to operate the device the follower I0, is pressed backward against the tension of its springs and held in rearward position by catches n, n, which hook over the ends n, n I

of the follower, such ends passing through and having bearing in slots M, n, of the lateral walls of the chamber d. The station cards are thenstaoked one behind the other in the upper magazine chamber and the catches n,

77., released to bring the follower forward against the line of cards. Upon operation of the pull cord the bell crank levers are actuated to press the forwardmost card downward past the glass plate insertion of the front of the box, said card being pressed rearward out of line with the bell crank levers by 7 the rearward extending spring fingers 0, 0, of such front into the lower chamber (1, where the cards are stacked in horizontal line between the springs 0, o, and a pressure board or plate 0, having end extensions 1), working closel in slots p, of the lateral walls of the chamlier in a manner to provide friction sufficient to hold the line of cards in orderly position. v r

The lower chamber (1, is arranged in the form of a drawer having a guide rib g, at its bottom working in a guideway q, of the bot tom of the box or case a. Thus when at the end of the trip it is desired to restack the cards in the chamber (1, this drawer is pulled out, the hinged front I), being first opened, when the cards may be readily removed. At the same time upon operation of the pull cord to expose the next station card to view, a bell s is rung by means of a flexible cord or chain r, connected at one end to the rear end of the lever h, said cord having at its opposite end connection with a lever 1", arranged to put under tension and release a spring hammer 1 ,01 the bell This spring hammer is in'the form of a bell crank lever with one arm of which the cord T, has connection and which is returned to normal position by a coil spring 1' The box or incasement may be arranged in any convenient and proper position upon the car, being of course placed upon the inside of the car at one end thereof. In theicase of street cars the operating cord or chain will pass horizontally through the end wall of the car in position for operation by the motorman. w The station cards are usually made of pasteboard but may be made of any other suitable material, and may be bound with metal at the edges, as shown in Figs. 7 and 8 of the drawings. The names of stations upon the cards may be impressed in the material thereof, as shown also in Fig. 7 of the drawings.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. in a station indicator, an incasement having an upper chamber and a lower chamber communicating by a slot, said upper chamber having spring means for pressing forward the cards therein, bell crank levers in the plane of the first card and capable of engagement with the upper edge thereof to cause it to move downward through said slot, a hinged front carrying guide spring fingers for causing the card to move rearward as it is moved downward by the bell crank levers, a pressure piece at the rear of the cards in the lower chamber, a horizontal operating lever having connection with said bell crank levers, a pull cord for the operating lever and a retracting spring therefor.

2. in a station indicator, an incasement having an upper chamber and a lower chamber communicating by a slot and separated by a horizontal interval, a follower for the cards in the upper chamber, coil springs located in said interval having each connection at oneend thereof with the incasement and at its opposite end a flexible reverting con nec'tion with an end of said follower, lever means capable of engagement with the upper edge of the first card to cause it to move downward through said slot, guide spring means for causing the card to move rearward as it is moved downward, a pressure piece at the rear of the cards in the lower chamber, an operating lever for said bell crank levers having a pull cord and a retracting spring, a bell and means for ringing the bell at the end of the stroke of said lever.

in testimony whereof I afli my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

CARL H. DUEDE.

Witnesses:

Gno. E. RYAN, Jn, Jno. W. lFrra. 

